I request that you bear in mind that it should be limited to the briefest information in a few lines about each type of proposed work with an approximate determination of the scale of the work and its cost.

I request that you answer me in what timeframe this reference material will be delivered to me.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Urgently send, having verified by telephone when Krizhanovsky received it.

# TELEPHONE RADIOGRAM TO MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO*

26 August 1921

I advise that considerably more attention be devoted to this matter, that the solidity of the accusation be verified and, in the event that the proof is absolutely conclusive, which apparently cannot be doubted, then arrange a public trial, conduct it with maximum speed and execute by firing squad.

# ON THE WORK OF A. V. LUNACHARSKY

NOTES TO M. N. POKROVSKY

August 1921

Comrade M. N. Pokrovsky,

Comrade Lunacharsky has arrived.

Finally!

For Christ's sake, harness him with all your might to work on vocational education, on the unified labor school, and so forth.

Do not allow him near the theater!!

Lenin

* The telephone radiogram was given by V. I. Lenin in connection with a telegram received by him from the Sibrevkom, which reported that Baron Ungern on 22 August was surrounded by the vanguard of the Red Army forces, together with his staff taken prisoner and conveyed to Novonikola­evsk. On 15 September 1921 the White Guard baron Ungern was sentenced by the Tribunal to execution.

At the top of the document a note from the secretary: "Conclusion of Vladimir Ilyich, transmitted by telephone for the Politburo."

The document was dictated by V. I. Lenin by telephone. Printed from a typewritten copy.

# TELEPHONE RADIOGRAM TO A. V. LUNACHARSKY*

26 August 1921

Comrade Lunacharsky,

I cannot receive you in any way, as I am ill.

I advise putting all theaters in the coffin.

The People's Commissar of Enlightenment ought to be occupied not with theater, but with teaching literacy.

Lenin

# RESOLUTION ON AN APPEAL FROM THE SOCIETY OF DOUKHOBORS IN CANADA

30 August 1921

U r g e n t l y. V e r y  u r g e n t l y

TO THE ADMIN OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS

I am entirely in favor. My view: immediately authorize and respond in the most affable manner. Consult the Politburo (through Molotov) and the Council of People's Commissars and telephone me.

Lenin

**To the Government of the Soviet Federated Socialist Republic**

**Appeal from the Society of Doukhobors in Canada**

We, Doukhobors living in Canada, left Russia—our native land—in order to escape the violence of the autocratic tsarist government, which compelled us to renounce our principles: equality, brotherhood, and freedom. We believe that Russia has embarked on the path of liberation of the oppressed people and we wish to join in this and to help. We have selected delegates to travel to Russia to negotiate with you and to convey to you our aims and intentions. We ask you to permit them free passage for entry into Russia. With greetings from the entire Society of Doukhobors...

We request that you inform us through the Society for Technical Assistance to Soviet Russia in New York...

* The document was dictated by V. I. Lenin by telephone. Printed from the secretary's record.